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  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: An Idea

    I kind of agree with Snoink here :? It sounds like a good idea but everyone and their half-brother has tried to publish essays about their day, memoirs on their ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Colourblind

    I really liked this piece. It was brutal, but uplifting at the end. I personally don't think blood was ovverused. It didn't seem like too much to me. Blood that ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: impression #3: ave maria (hail mary)

    you practice piano, each note rising disturbed from the gut of the instrument like birds from the underbrush. your body weaves, concentrated, your chest flat and breastless in that dress. ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: cottonpickers

    I've read this maybe three or four times but, as it's wonderful, I didn't know what to say. And I hate to be the person who posts four-word comments like ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Eat Too Much to Die, Not Enough to Stay Alive

    I agree with the person above-- kind of short; and if you do expand this into a story, I'll be interested to hear what happens. I'm a suker for makeover ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Bunch of Haikus

    hmm. Seventh was my least favorite. Eight was my favorite, both drivers ed ones were enjoyable. The first one was great as well. And it's cool that you tried out ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Other » General, General Re: Daddy -- Pt. 1

    the sun cracking the earth like an interrogator. This didn't really work for me. I suppose an interrogator cracks questions at people, but so many other things crack or our ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Other » General, General Re: Daddy -- Pt. 2

    I've read this and two of your poems and this is what I have to say: your purpose on this earth is to torment us all with your beautiful work. ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Other » General, General Re: Quote by Mwa!

    I'm not totally sure, but I'm thinking it might be better as "How much do you love me?" "Enough," he said. "to stay." "How long will you stay?" He stayed ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Other » General, General Re: My Quote!!

    Quotes are odd. As you can read from the signatures on this site, everyone has their own taste in what is essentially free wisdom. Whether you agree with the advice ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Other » General, General Re: Speak up

    I really enjoyed this. You do need a lot more punctuation sprinkled about in your piece; but I loved the idea and the content. They will hide their emotions of ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Inadequate

    I agree with Kryollac about the rhyming scheme; but that's pretty much how I rhyme and I kind of like it. It goes with the theme of the poem; being ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: You Never Wanted This: a Retelling of Sleeping Beauty

    This was magnificent, Becki! Can I call you Becki? I loved the use of second person; it was well-executed, so say the least. And the emotions evoked were very powerful. ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: First post...

    First of all, welcome! And you may want to put an eye-catching title on your piece, and put that it's your first post in the body of the work. Anyways, ...

    Jan 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: I'm Planning a Murder

    I thought it was fast-paced, light in a dark sort of way and fun in a devious manner. I don't think it leaves too much to question-- he is planning ...

    Jan 3, 2010


The day, which was one of the first of spring, cheered even me by the loveliness of its sunshine and the balminess of the air. I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy.
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein